12/8 - Treehouse of Horror XIII (DABF19)
Maggie Roswell returns as the voice of Maude Flanders, who
apperars in a seance in the opening; Homer's hammock makes clones
of himself; when Lisa spearheads a guns-for-cash program, the
zombies of western outlaws rise from the dead; Dr. Hibbert mixes
humans with animals12/15 - NEW EPISODE - The Great Louse Detective (EABF01)
When someone locks Homer inside a steam room, Chief Wiggum
decides "it takes an attempted killer to catch one", so he gets
the one with the most practice at trying to kill Simpsons -
Sideshow BobUpcoming "Futurama" Episodes
-----------------------------------------------------------
12/8 - NEW EPISODE - Route of All Evil (3ACV12)
Cubert and Dwight (Hermes's son) get jobs delivering newspapers -
and "borrow" the Planet Express ship
Of course, some cities in the Eastern and Central time zones will be
showing a 4:05 (Eastern) NFL game, and will get this episode in
progress (or moved, usually to much later that night - CALL YOUR LOCAL
STATION if the show is pre-empted to find out what time it will air).
In most cities, it's the station's choice - however:
Episode definitely on - Atlanta, New York, St. Louis, Tampa
Episodes probably on (*definitely if the local game is sold out) -
Dallas*, Kansas City*, Washington*
Episode probably in progress (*definitely in progress if the local
game is sold out) - Baltimore*, Boston*, Buffalo, Charlotte*,
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville*,
Nashville*, Pittsburgh*
Episode definitely in progress - Detroit, New Orleans, Philadelphia12/15 - Pre-empted in the east for NFL football; the west will get
"Leela's Homeworld" (when Bender dumps toxic waste into the
sewers, he, Fry, and Leela are captured by the underground
mutants)STUFF for "Helter Shelter" (DABF21)
-----------------------------------
Written by Brian Pollack & Mert Rich
Directed by Mark Kirkland
Blackboard: MILHOUSE DID NOT TEST COOTIE POSITIVE
Couch: A mouse cursor drags Homer to the right side of the couch,
changes the wall color to green, and replaces the boat
painting with the Mona Lisa
Special Guest Voice: Larry Holmes, David Lander
Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Russi Taylor,
Karl Wiedergott
Overseas Animation: Rough Draft
Rating: TV-PG-LVREVIEW: C-plus - and the only reason it's not a C is because there
was a prank telegram to Moe's. I almost banged my TV and
told it to "be more funny!", and they had four tries (the
hockey game, the 1895 bit, the river, and the bit with the
hose) this time.REFERENCES 7F11 (Homer eats sushi) 1F20 (Marge and her dyed hair) "Helter Skelter" (title) "Frontier House" (1895 house on TV) "King of the Hill" (one scene resembled the show's opening) "A Bug's Life" ("A Bug's Death" exterminators) "Gee Your Hair Smells Teriffic" (arena name) Transcontinental Railroad (the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads were joined by the Golden Spike)
SELF-REFERENCE "We need a family that hasn't been on TV forever"
DYN ...the last "ding" in the opening sounded like Lisa saying "beep"? ...nothing was going through the pipe that hit Homer? ...the hockey team is called the "Springfield Ice-O-Topes"? ...apparently Homer can afford a hotel for six months? ...either quite a few of the Simpson walls are made of wood, or those Russian termites can eat through other things? ...the telegram scene at Moe's had faded colors like the other "flashback"-style scenes? ...David Lander was credited as "David Lander" instead of "David L. Lander", which was his "Laverne & Shirley" credit name?
GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT The officials were not on the ice at the hockey game when the fight started.
"Mutt & Jeff" was not created until 1907.
PRANK PHONE CALL - er, TELEGRAM TO MOE'S (Bart sends a telegraph message to Moe's) Telegram for Heywood U. Cuddleme! Heywood U. Cuddleme? Big guy in the back, Heywood U. Cuddleme? (A large man turns and stares at Moe as Lenny and Carl laugh) Oh, do, that little, ooh I'm gonna drive a golden spike where your Union meets your Central Pacific!